-Sigh- PS3 Wallet Software Compromised

15 October 2010

I’m unable to find any information on whether or not saved cards in your Playstation Network Wallet are saved locally on the PS3 or on Playstation Network servers. Depending on where that’s saved, either Playstation Network servers holding PCI-level account information have been compromised or the latest firmware update to the PS3 has been hacked. Either way, someone is now enjoying $150 worth of stolen digital copies of:

Like seriously? Digital games? You can’t even resell those. At least if you set your hacking targets on iTunes you can funnel the money directly to your fake seller account. By hacking a PS3 Network account all you get are a few lousy games.